Brief Life History of William
When William Comegys was born about 1664, in Kent, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Cornelius Cornelszen Comegys -Emigrant, was 35 and his mother, Willemtje Millementry Gysbert, was 23. He married Elizabeth Tyler about 1685, in Calvert, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Maryland, British Colonial America in 1708. In 1685, his occupation is listed as planter in Kent, Maryland, British Colonial America. He died on 22 May 1736, in Kent, Maryland, British Colonial America, at the age of 73, and was buried in Crumpton, Queen Anne's, Maryland, United States.
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- Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1G-J2?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-SPN%3A146535601%2C148042001
- Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1G-9SF?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-SPF%3A146535601%2C148050201
- Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1G-948?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-SPF%3A146535601%2C148050201
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1706
Historical Boundaries: 1707: Queen Anne's, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Queen Anne's, Maryland, United States
1708
Historical Boundaries 1708: Queen Anne's, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Queen Anne's, Maryland, United States
Name Meaning
American Dutch: from a combination of the stems of two Dutch surnames, the occupational name Komen (see Koman ) and the patronymic Gijsen, Gysen (from a short form of the personal name Giesbrecht ). This surname occurs chiefly in MD and OH.
History: Cornelis Comen Ghysen immigrated to the US in 1658.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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